#tsarevitch

[kuurareign]

I made a non-historical kokoshnik the other year, it was in a Helsinki Opera Box production of Tsarevitch

[ascendanciescomic]

Hey, y’all! Did you know? Asexuality is valid, too!

[lysius-a]

     PATCHES  OF  RICH  SOIL  AND  GRASS  LEAPT  FROM  THE  EARTH        by  the  thunderous  force  of  two  horses  galloping  through  the  fields  and  the  forests  of  rus,  and  though  dionysus  had  taken  the  lead  on  his  black  stallion,  it  was  at  the  final  stretch  of  their  race  that  he  ever  so  carefully  nudged  on  the  reins,  slowing  his  horse  just  enough  to  trail  behind  prince  ivan  without  cause  for  question.  but  why  would  he  feel  so  inclined  to  allow  his  comrade  to  best  him  ? 

    BECAUSE  WINNING   WAS  A  TRVIAL  VICTORY,     when  losing  offered  him  the  stolen  pleasure  to  watch  in  boyish  wonder  the  way  ivan’s  curling  clusters  of  hair  ran  loose  through  the  whispering  wind,  like  golden-rich  wisps  of  honey  wheat.  and  best  of  all  was  perhaps  the  heart-fluttering  flash  of  a  self-satisfied  grin  when  they  finally  came  to  halt  by  the  lush  green  bank  of  a  bubbling  spring. 

      ❛   I  DEMAND  TO  KNOW  WHAT  YOU’RE  FEEDING  THAT  HORSE.       there  can  be  no  other  explanation  for  this  constant  humiliation,   ❜  the  prince  laughed,  burying  the  sting  of  desire  from  his  chest  to  shake  ivan’s  hand  with  a  firm  grip  that  wouldn’t  linger  too  long.   ❛   -- --  or  perhaps  it’s  the  sunlight  that  blinds  me,  and  familiarity  with  the  land  that   guides  you.  we  should  try  again  when  the  night  falls.  i’d  like  to  see  how  good  of  a  sport  you  really  are  then.   ❜

❦. @tsarevitch

[slvrbnd]

slipping   away   from   celebrations   was   no   easy   task   when   the   celebrated   party   in   question   was   yourself   .   &   when   the   celebration   was   your   coronation   .   the   entire   population   of   the   kingdom   seemed   adamant   on   having   an   exchange   with   their   new   king   ,   nobles   shook   his   hand   in   an   unbroken   chain   ,   the   smile   ,   at   this   point   ,   was   frozen   on   his   face   .   &   somehow   sylvain   had   found   a   way   to   refill   the   champagne   flute   dimitri   clung   to   which   ,   under   normal   circumstances   ,   would   be   declined   by   him   .   

tonight   he   was   thankful   for   it   .

leaning   against   the   balustrade   of   the   most   vacant   balcony   dimitri   had   been   able   to   find   ,   eyes   closed   &   his   head   tipped   towards   the   sky   ,   one   hand   holding   on   to   the   crown   lest   it   slipped   off   &   tumbled   into   the   sea   .   an   amusing   thought   with   less   than   amusing   consequences   .

he   blinked   lazily   when   someone   approached   ,   eyes   taking   longer   than   ordinary   to   adjust   &   oh   ,   maybe   he   should   have   told   sylvain   to   stop   at   some   point   .   if   the   red   tint   of   his   cheeks   &   ears   had   not   been   a   warning   sign   already   .

❛❛   ivan   !   ❜❜   the   man   he   had   come   to   associate   with   sunshine   &   maybe   the   least   expected   companion   to   have   stuck   around   until   the   end   .   ❛❛   come   here   .   &   dance   with   me   .   please   .   ❜❜   uncertain   where   the   demand   had   come   from   -   but   in   this   moment   on   this   balcony   ,   a   little   more   than   slightly   tipsy   &   euphoric   it   seemed   the   best   idea   he   had   ever   had   .          /          @tsarevitch​          /         sc

[feygana2]

𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖  𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒  𝐀  𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃  𝐎𝐅  𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊  𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐋𝐒,   spine pressed to damp bark and moss that breathed the scent of rotten cypress.    “   if you have come here to hunt me,   capture the wicked witch,   let me ask you:    what if she is more great than you ?      what if your pretty,   sharp toys cannot cut her skin ?    what would you do with the beast if she had her jaws clamped around your throat ?  ”

@tsarevitch​ liked for a starter.

[waluigitheimpalera]

@tsarevitch​​ liked for a lyric starter / small! ( x )

“   For what is a man ?   what has he got ?      if not himself,   then he has naught.     not to say the things that he truly feels,    nor to say the words of someone who kneels.  ” 

[slvrbnd]

i like that you're broken, broken like me   -   maybe that makes me a fool. i like that you're lonely, lonely like me. i could be lonely with you. there's something tragic, but almost pure. think i could love you, but I'm not sure. there's something wholesome, there's something sweet   -   tucked in your eyes that I'd love to meet.      /          @tsarevitch     -     ivan luchik   &   dimitri   alexandre   blaiddyd          /          accepting   requests   !

[slvrbnd]

my dearest husband ivan,

today has been a terribly dull day. lords & ladies & dukes & duchesses have chosen this otherwise rather ordinary day to approach me with the wildest of inquiries & requests. & one marriage proposal to which i had to tell the poor woman that i was still happily married. she seemed quite scandalized.

 i have come to the conclusion that ordinarily, your fearsome presence alone keeps them at bay, so i must beg you to make a haste in your return to fhirdiad for i am afraid i can’t possible bear another day of this. that, & your son whose eyes grow more watery each time i have to tell him his father has not yet returned. if not for my sake, do it for his, i beg you.

don’t worry too much, though. he was quite easily distracted by the promise of chocolate cake. we do not currently have chocolate cake, however, so in two to three hours i shall face a much graver issue than before. i have made mistakes & am soon to be passed judgement on.

i hope your trip, at least has been a success.

love you always,

dimitri

ps: on the second page, you will find a portrait of you, drawn by a four year old. he insisted on showing it to you right away, try not to lose it.          /          @tsarevitch​     got something happy for once          /         accepting !